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How much does Linux cost?

• petercooper 18y ago
  I asked someone to redevelop Linux from scratch for me on eLance.com, and a Romanian company quoted me $487.22. Bargain!
  • listic 18y ago
    Where does the current trend to pick on Romanians come from?
    • iends 18y ago
      Perhaps the company that quoted him really was Romanian?!?
    • petercooper 18y ago
      I didn't realize there was a trend. I didn't want to choose India, because that really is a stereotype. I thought of going with Poland, but we Brits and Poland have a lengthy history of allegiance, so heck, why not go a bit further south? Seriously though, Romania is great, but it is definitely a popular place for crazy quotes on eLance.com to come from, along with India, the Philippines, and the Ukraine. This isn't any sort of xenophobia or racism - just reality. Imi pare foarte rau!
• macco 18y ago
  The worth has almost nothing to do with the production costs. Linux is much more worth than 10.8 billion.